James Tytler (17 December 1745 – 11 January 1804) was a Scottish apothecary and the editor of the second edition of Encyclopædia Britannica. Tytler became the first person in Britain to fly by ascending in a hot air balloon (1784).
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17 December 1745
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11 January 1804 (aged 58)
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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